PASSIONS OF THE PINK POUI
Harsh is the time of your birth
The bleaching sun, taking away all beauty of the earthly jade.
But out of this parched season,
You bring forth the passions of your ever living substance.
Whispers of the cool, dry winds
Wave your exquisiteness for all to see.
Canvasing the floor of the soft earth,
Beneath each towering tree.
The stately soft
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Categories:
trinidad, bird, flower, metaphor, seasons,
Form: Free verse
Chapter 103 -- Damian Dj Carter Junior Damali: Trinidad Business Vacation Relations
Damian CJ and the guys boarded
The 9 o'clock concord flight that night
They were on Trinidadian ground
Within two hours. Then rented a
Limo, chauffer included. When
Four arrived on the site they noticed the first
Floor of one building was complete.
The second floor was beginning.
The other hotel only had the first
Floor complete. At
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Categories:
trinidad, business, good morning,
Form: Alliteration
Trinidad
I
Remember when days were long
and all de children do is play,
or how de burnin sun hot like fire
and snow cone all melt away
when I
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Categories:
trinidad, nostalgia,
Form: Rhyme
Oh To Be In Trinidad
Oh, to be in Trinidad
when the hot scented currents flow,
from East Dry River to Nariva
samaan and silk cotton tree grow.
Where whisperin’ palms reach
across island reef and coconut lagoon,
and the forests of Papa Bois
flower with poinsettias in bloom
Oh, to be in Trinidad
inside the spirit
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Categories:
trinidad, nostalgia,
Form: Rhyme
17 Sweet Briar Road - Port of Spain
Wistful is the heart, silent the walls
where the gambols of youth echoed.
A return tale’s sentimental journey
inside the gates of Sweet Briar Road
Long it behoves me my thanksgiving
to you, aunties Yvonne and Jocelyn T.
For all the love you showed withal
and
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Categories:
trinidad, journey, nostalgia,
Form: Rhyme
Diary of a Child In Trinidad
I remember the land of drums I was born
bedded beneath great hanging nets;
the sound of the conch and the horn.
My blue suitcase filled with stuff,
the red tricycle and pedal car
that
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Categories:
trinidad, childhood, home,
Form: Rhyme
When Needed :: Trinidad Sonnet
Quote :: “TIME AND TIDE WAIT FOR NONE”- Proverb.
When needed …… (Trinidad Sonnet)
Realized late meaning of that proverb.
Lost some opportunities for lifetime
importance of time just failed to honor.
Sometimes wonder have I accomplished that
aim, what's thought long time back, or wasted time ;
truly don't know where I'm really at.
When needed wasted time, now suffering;
feel lost far
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Categories:
trinidad, time,
Form: Sonnet
Crimes In Trinidad and Tobago
Ah was standing there liming,
Thinking ah was having some fun
Laughing, drinking, and singing
On the Island of Sun
Along came a car with some thugs
And before you know it,
Ah was shot, and now I will
End up in a 6 foot pit
Yuh cannot take time outside
Yuh own home and land
Cause before you know it
You are shot and it’s
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Categories:
trinidad, corruption,
Form: Carpe Diem
Bus Ride In Trinidad
Oh what a time we had riding on the bus to the Centre!
The scenery was amazing
We felt as if we were with VS Naipaul as we journeyed
The roads were smooth
The atmosphere conducive to productivity
The laughter, the smiles, the shared experiences were enough
To put our minds at ease as we constantly asked the driver to
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Categories:
trinidad, people, travel,
Form: Free verse
The Curry Man From Trinidad
I leave my home in Trinidad
And I come to live in America
And now I working at Kmart
Whole day at a cash register
But I do have a lot of problems
Every time I get hungry to eat
all it has is a bunch of junk food
Or bread with some artificial meat
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Categories:
trinidad, food, fun, funny, life,
Form: Light Verse
Trinidad Is Sweet
Trinidad the land of my birth
it is the best place on earth
like every where we have problems
but by the grace of god one day we
will solve them, people of all races
are living here, you can see them walking
around without a fear, I have been to alot
of places some are good, some are bad,
many
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Categories:
trinidad, travel,
Form: Rhyme
A Trinidad Wedding Story
I hear that a girl in Trinidad
Looking for a very good husband
My brother says she father rich
Will give me house and land
Well I must admit I thought
This sounds like a good plan
So I decide go to Trinidad
And become she loving husband
When the plane land in the airport
It was getting kind of late
So we drive straight
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Categories:
trinidad, life, love, wedding, girl,
Form: Light Verse
Cool Trinidad Girls
Cool Trinidad girls
They running on the beach
And they playing around
Dancing to the music
And singing a song
Does matter what age you are
Or if your hair is full with curls
You all are superstars
You are Cool Trinidad girls
Going San Fernando having fun
Shopping for the latest style
Hannah and Amanda
Laughing all the
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Categories:
trinidad, people, together, cousin,
Form: Light Verse
Trinidad Girls
Trinidad girls
Meet a girl in Trinidad
She like to eat plenty pepper
But if you see the girl
She sweet like sugar
She likes to sing
And she can dance for so
She likes to go shopping
Gulf city and San Fernando
And she has a lot of respect
The girl is pure class
She says good morning
To every one
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Categories:
trinidad, introspection, life, parody, satire,
Form: Light Verse
Trinidad Boys
Trinidad boys
Have a guy in Trinidad
He says he’s a ladies man
So I ask him to tell me how
t very slow so I can understand
He has on a polo shirt
And Michael Jordan sneakers
He driving a Toyota
He just put in some new speakers
He sees a girl passing
So he stand up watching she
And when leave and gone
He said
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Categories:
trinidad, introspection, life, parody, satire,
Form: Light Verse
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